US started with air strikes on Islamic State in Libya, are increasingly present in the country

Posted By: IZAKOVICDate: Monday, 1-Aug-2016 12:18:22

This is the first US military intervention in coordination with the Libyan government

Last Updated: Aug 1, 2016

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The United States launched an air attack on the so-called positions of Islamic state in Libya, after local government asked it, which is supported by the UN, the Pentagon said.

Strikes targeted positions in the port city of Sirte, otherwise the IS's stronghold. Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj, in a televised address, said that the strike caused "heavy losses".
It was the first US military intervention.

Western powers are recently worried with ISIS's all time stronger presence in that country. These air strikes were the first such US military intervention in coordination with the Libyan government.